The economic consequences of alien plant invasions: Examples of impacts and approaches to sustainable management in South Africa

Biological Invasions: Economic and Environmental Costs of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 243-265

  van Wilgen, B W ^a   Richardson, D M ^b   Le Maitre, D C ^a   Marais, C ^c   Magadlela, D ^c  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Working for Water Programme   (South Africa)

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EID: 2342583090     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420041668-24     Document Type: Chapter

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